Old school skiing in New England

Check out some classic skiing images from New England, plucked from the Globe archives.

Skiers waited in line to board the “Skimobile” lift at Cranmore in 1947.

A skier on the Taft Trail at Cannon Mountain in 1939.

Ski enthusiasts got a bit of sleep in 1937 as their train took them northward. Trains regularly brought skiers from Boston to North Conway, where Cranmore is located.

Skiers unloaded at the top of Smith’s Slope at Gunstock Mountain.

Jeff Turner, who worked at Mt. Cranmore in 1986, tried his last opportunity at pre-season skiing before the lifts opened for business.

A wintery scene at Cannon.

Irving Cushing and Oscar Malengant inspected the tram and cables at Cannon in 1977.

Aerial view of Cannon Mountain.

The Cannon Mountain aerial tramway sign as it looked in 1971, and as it looks today.

More than 600 New Yorkers arrived in Pittsfield aboard the “Snow Clipper’’ in 1932.

Skiers swirled down the Lord’s Prayer at Bromley Mountain in Manchester, Vt., on Nov. 30, 1951. It was the earliest skiing in Bromley’s history following a 9-inch storm earlier in the week.

A ski jump was set up at Soldier Field in Chicago in this photo taken Feb. 12, 1938. Snow for the meet was imported from Upper Michigan to cover the slide.

A skier rode the Viking Tow in Gilford, N.H.

Skiers who arrived in North Conway, N.H., by “Snow Train’’ made their way through downtown toward Mt. Cranmore. According to the Globe file photo caption, “They do not bundle up, depend on exercise for their warmth.’’ Note the Five and Dime in the background. The store remains there to this day.

A couple stood atop a mountain in this ski fashion shot from 1985.

Skiers on the slopes of Gunstock in 1976.

Cyrus Gray, 66 years old in 1992, of Ashland, New Hampshire, paused at the base of Cannon Mountain.

Mary Phelan took in the snow-frosted trees while spring skiing at Cannon Mountain in 1982.

Two-year-olds Dean Pawlowski and Heidi Track at Gunstock in Gilford, N.H. Both were the children of ski instructors. Photo taken on Jan. 31, 1973.

A skier took a ride on the Skimobile to the top of Mount Cranmore.

The scene at Cranmore in 1974.

Skiers departed the North Conway train station in this undated photo.

Skiers on the slopes at Gunstock in 1977.

The Hannes Schneider statue at Cranmore. Schneider was the founder of the world’s first ski school in Austria, and was also director at Cranmore from 1939 to 1955.

Skiers take a lunch brake at Mittersill at Cannon in 1963.

Skiers took advantage of warm weather at Waterville Valley, N.H., in 1986.

A skier navigated Taft at Cannon Mountain in Franconia Notch, N.H., in 1939.

A child and best friend learned to play on snow at the Wellesley Golf Course on Jan. 5, 1974.

A crowded scene at Killington Mountain’s Snowshed Lodge on Nov. 21, 1965.

A skier rode the Mt. Mansfield single chair lift as it crossed Stowe’s Lord trail in 1976.

Sandy O’Brien, from Meriden, Conn., posed at Mt. Tom in Holyoke. No date given.

Members of the Sugar Magnolia Ski Bum Racing Team posed at Stowe, Vt., in 1977.

Fifteen-month-old Mark A. Raimer did not appear to enjoy his first skiing experience in 1975 near North Adams.

Laney O’Brien, 21, of Falmouth, took a break on March 9, 1977 with her dog, Leo, at Wildcat Mountain in Pinkham Notch, N.H.

Ann Pawlowski, a ski instructor at Gunstock, taught her two-year-old son, Dean, at the Gilford, N.H. ski area on Jan. 31, 1973.

An Eastern Slopes ski school instructor showed skiers the proper method of doing the “stemboggan’’ at Cannon Mountain in this photo taken Dec. 15, 1938.

A boy showed off his appreciation for “Lost in Space’’ in this unspecified location. No date given.

Richard Hardauas pulled his son, Travis, up the hill while skiing on Boston Common in 1974.

A “beehive of activity,” as the caption from this 1940 photo reads, during the Eastern Slope ski club invitation at Cranmore.

Skiers found some powder at Cranmore in 1962.

Another view of the Skimobile at Cranmore.

BGL/ Boston.com slug:Vintage_ski ** Cannon Mountain, Cranmore Mountain, Gunstock Mountain located in New Hampshire celebrate their 75 th anniversaries . Archive photos. 12/31/1982 Boston Ma. on Stewart Street, where Brian Ross of New York, had anticipated skiing at Cannon Mountain in Franconia Notch New Hampshire, howver due to lack of snow, Brian is on his way to Canada to ski Canadian Mountains. Globe staff file David L. Ryan.

Mike Allard, a ticket seller, reviewed the registers in preparation for ski season at Cannon in 1977.

An empty chairlift at Gunstock in 1973.

A scene at Cannon in 1975.

Wearing army ponchos, a group of women lined up to board a lift at Stowe, Vt., on Feb. 15, 1946. The ponchos served as protection against the wind as they rode up the mountain. Upon reaching the summit, the women would remove the ponchos and send them down in the empty chairs.

According to this 1946 AP photo caption, “The modern skier doesn’t have to spend half his day trying to get to the top of the slope for the all-too-brief run down. The Skimobile at North Conway, N.H., carries them from the base of the station to the top of 2,052-foot Cranmore Mountain. In the background are the sun decks where tired skiers can rest and sun themselves.’’

Win H. Smythe, 70, sat on train tracks on Feb. 26, 1938, and spoke with 17-year-old Harry Muzzy, of Worcester, after skiing the Thunderbolt Trail in Adams.

An undated photo of a Sunday at Wildcat Mountain in Pinkham Notch, N.H.

Skiing champion Madame Maria Singer taught students from Mt. Holyoke College at Mt. Tom in 1938.

A group of friends at Franklin Park in the 1940s.

In 1961, Jack McTarnaghan, chief instructor of “Ski-Dek’’ led a class through the “newest recreation’’ of indoor skiing by teaching fundamentals such as snowplow and parallel turn. Ski-Dek supposedly duplicated the feeling of skiing on a snow-covered slope.

More indoor skiing: A woman took a skiing/biking/treadmill-like device in 1939.

A ski school class at an unknown location in 1965.

Skiers waited in line at Blue Hills in Milton on Jan. 6, 1970, in order to fork over $5.50 for an all-day lift ticket.